For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique.

　　　 Southern Africa was full of stories and visions. We were almost drunk on sensations: the roaring of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. And then the other things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometer from clean water.

　　 As we drove towards the setting sun, quietness fell over us. The road was empty -- we hadn't seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was when I saw them. Next to us, by the side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them -- brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn't know how long they had been there next to us.

　　 I shouted to Dan: "Look!", but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet.

　 They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.

　　　　 "Wild horses?" he said. "Why didn't you wake me up?"

　　　　 "I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds."

　　　　 "Are you sure you didn't dream it?"

　　　　 "You were the one who was sleeping!"

　　　　　 'Typical, he said. "The best photos are the ones we never take."

　　　　 We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.

63. During their journey in Africa, the two travelers________

A. made friends with local residents　

B. complained about the poor living conditions

C. enjoyed the sunset in the Karoo desert most

D. recorded their experiences in different ways

64. What does the phrase "heroic forms" in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Racing cars.　　 B. Wild horses.　　　 　C. Eye-catching locals. D. Running dogs.

65. What did Daniel think when he woke up and was told what had happened?

　 A. He always missed out on the best thing.　 B. He had already taken beautiful pictures.

　　 C. A sound sleep was more important.　　　 D. The next trip would be better.

66. What is the passage mainly about?

　 A. How to view wildlife in Africa.　　　　　 B. Running into wildlife in Africa.

　　 C. Tourist attractions in southern Africa.　　D. Possible dangers of traveling in the desert.

     Last year in my high school child-development class，each student had to take the “Think-It-Over” baby home for a night to get a taste of parenthood.

It was a Friday night when my turn came to take the 10-pound plastic doll home. The doll really did look like a live baby from a distance. It even had a pleasant baby powder smell. I took the baby home and named him Tyler.

My friends and I went out for supper that night. As it was rather cold, I decided to wrap Tyler in a blanket and carry him in that way. When I walked into the restaurant, I noticed some very strange looks and quite a few raised eyebrows. My friends and I decided to make a game out of the whole situation. I stood in the Gorner pretending to rock Tyler to while my friends kept looking into the blanket and said, “Oh, how lovely. ” I could not but laugh. And although it was funny to my friends and me, some of the people did think it was so funny that  I had a baby. I overheard one couple say，“Why would she g a baby here?” These people were giving me rude looks and forming judgments about because they thought I was a teenage mom. Others just smiled at me pathetically(同情地) and felt sorry for me because I was only a child with a child. In our meal，my friends and I received strange looks from the others in the restaurant. S so glad to finally go home.

I learned a lot through my experience with the “Think-It-Over” baby. The dollly strengthened my thinking I was not ready to be a parent, but it also made me e aware of the larger picture. It opened my eyes to the judgments people make about rs. People do not realize that some things are not the way they seem. I was only  ying it around for a class project. The people in the restaurant were so quick to judge because they thought I was a teenage mom. I sometimes catch myself judging people I not know, just because of the first impression they give. In  reality, I have no idea about real stories. We should all be slower to judge others，and realize that some things are as they seem.

41. The child-development class is meant for students        .

    A. to take a doll home for fun        B. to gain experience as a parent

    C. to learn to be a good baby-sitter  D. to learn to better care for others

42. What did the writer mainly learn from her class project?

    A. She should look after homeless babies.

    B. She should take the class project seriously.

    C. She should help those teenage moms at her best.

    D. She should judge people after understanding them better.

43. The last paragraph of the passage is          .

    A. a description of the class                     B. a conclusion of the project

    C. a comment on the writer's experience   D. an argument against teenage moms

“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.
For some of us, although making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best seller. It was later put into 28 languages.
Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book:
Be friendly and polite.
Always greet with a smile. Begin with “Excuse me” or “Would you please” when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “Thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.
Go out of your way to be nice.
Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.
Remember names.
They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.
Be open-minded.
Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.
Listen patiently.
When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.
【小题1】The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely lonely life.” means “_____”.